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MARKEN v. EMPIRE DRLG. CO.

No. 2701.

75 Wyo. 121 (1956)

293 P.2d 406

JIMMIE MARKEN, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. EMPIRE DRILLING COMPANY, INC., a Corporation, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 15, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant and appellant, the cause was submitted upon the brief and also oral argument of Edward E. Murane of Murane & Bostwick, Casper, Wyoming.

For the plaintiff and respondent, the cause was submitted upon the brief and also oral argument of William J. Wehrle and Houston G. Williams, both of Casper, Wyoming.

OPINION

HARNSBERGER, Justice.

This suit arose because of injuries sustained by Jimmie Marken, plaintiff and now respondent, when he was crushed between a moving truck and a standing truck in the oil fields of Natrona County, Wyoming. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict in plaintiff's favor for some $21,000 and judgment was rendered accordingly. The defendant has appealed.

It appears that at the time of the accident the Empire Drilling...

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